Couch-bed.



G. P. SISBOWER.

COUCH BED.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1911.

1,043,736, Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

GEORGE F. SISBOWER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW YORKCOUCH BED COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. SIsBowER, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couch- Beds, thefollowing being a full, clear, and exact disclosure of the one form ofmy invention which I at present deem preferable.

For a detailed description of the present form of my lnvention,reference may be had to the following specification and to theaccompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my bed; Fig. 2 is an end View thereof, and. Fig. 3is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In my application, Ser. No. 603,043, filed January 17, 1911, I havedescribed and.

claimed an operating device for a telescoping bed of the kind oftendesignatedas a couch, said device comprising a rock-shaft underneath andextending longitudinally of the bed, with an operating hand-leverapplied to each end of the rock-shaft, the handle or power end of thelever projecting upward from the rock-shaft and movable transversely tothe bed, whereby the pressure on the lever is a transverse pressureexerted in. the direction in which the frame is stiffest and in whichalso the telescoping movement takes place.

My present device is of the same general type, but is specifically animprovement thereon in that it is of a neater and more compact formsince it omits the connecting link which is present in my former devicebetween the hand-lever and the movable section of the bed. Inparticular, the operating hand-lever of my present arrangement isattached at its lower end to one end of the longitudinal rock-shaftwhich is mounted in a cross-bar near the bottom of the endframe of thebed, and is provided with a slot wherein is contained a stud projectingfrom a bracket on the extension section attached thereto at a pointwithin the frame Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1911.

Patented Nov. '5, 1912.

Serial 'No. 647,900.

of the main section. This gives a changeable joint-connection of thehand-lever to the inner couch-sectionl Referring to the drawings" Arepresents the frame of the main section of the couch and B the frame ofthe extension section, the latter section being slightly shorter andlower than the former one so as to telescope therein, and the mattressfabrics of the.

sections being on approximately the same level. At each end of the mainframe and near the topthereof'is a transverse angle iron A which servesas a guide track for" a roller, B mounted on the inner corner of theextension-frame B. Near each roller B Isattached to the frame B abracket-B which projects outwardly through the end- I ersed by theaforesaid, stud B when the handle is thrown from side to side to extendor contract the bed. This arrangement brings the operating push or pullof the hand in almost a direct line with the top member of both sectionsto which the operating force may be applied to the best advantage. I amenabled by this means to carry out ina compact and convenient form myfundamental plan of hand-lever opera tion by which it becomes possibleto mechanically work the section of a telescopic couch without departingfrom the cheap and slender construction characteristic of this type ofbed.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A couch bed comprising a main section, anextension section telescopingtherewith, a hand lever pivoted to the main section and provided with aguide slot, a bracket jecting through the main section and adaptcarriedby the extension section and pro- In witness whereof I have hereunto setmy hand, before two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of September,1911.

GEORGE F. SISBOWER. Witnesses:

H. A. WOTTMANN, L. T. SHAW ERISMAN.

ed to contact with the said main section to limit the outward movementof the extension section, and a stud carried by the bracket and engagingthe guide slot of the hand lever.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing" the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

